Can regionalization decrease the number of deaths for children who undergo cardiac surgery? A theoretical analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 2 I, 2002, Pages 173-181

  Chang, Ruey Kang R ^a   Klitzner, Thomas S ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Congenital heart disease; Heart surgery; Outcome; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEDIATRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036161877     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.2.173     Document Type: Article

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